27

40.1

41.0

39.3

.559

.539

83.1%

7.0%

90.1%

-0.3%

-0.6%

26

38

30.1

31.8

32.1

.472

.452

0.0%

0.4%

0.4%

-0.3%

-2.2%

Nate Schierholtz had two triples and two walks. Starlin Castro had two stolen bases and two errors. And it's wasn't even Two For Tuesday.

19

35

32

37.2

39.0

38.1

.510

.490

14.9%

6.5%

21.5%

-0.4%

-0.7%

Other than losing Tulowitzki, CarGo and Dexter Fowler to injury, what's important is that you have your health and may need to play center field for a couple games.

20

24

37

25.2

24.5

23.9

.445

.426

0.3%

0.3%

0.7%

-0.4%

-1.1%

Where would this team be without Marlon Byrd? Probably still in Queens.

21

28

35

27.7

27.5

26.1

.448

.467

0.5%

0.7%

1.2%

-0.5%

-0.1%

When Alex Rios has your team's highest on-base percentage, it's time to petition baseball to move the bases closer.

22

36

28

40.4

45.2

44.4

.608

.627

90.2%

3.2%

93.4%

-0.6%

2.6%

Jose Valverde couldn't be less popular in the city of Detroit if he was spotted driving a foreign car.

23

28

37

27.3

29.2

29.5

.506

.486

8.1%

3.6%

11.7%

-0.7%

-7.9%

Yasiel Puig and Brandon League have been mentioned in the same breath, according to several prominent rhyming dictionaries.

24

37

29

35.3

33.9

34.5

.525

.505

46.8%

11.8%

58.7%

-0.9%

-5.6%

Their coaching staff has a combined 216.2 WARP. Without looking it up, this has to be a record, at least until someone hires Barry Bonds to be an assistant intentional walks quality control coordinator.

25

38

28

37.0

37.6

37.5

.559

.579

48.7%

27.0%

75.8%

-1.7%

-9.3%

In Yu Darvish's last four starts, he's gone seven-plus innings but took no decisions. Wins? Yu Dar-wish!

26

41

27

41.7

40.8

39.9

.567

.586

47.4%

33.1%

80.5%

-1.9%

1.8%

Of their last 19 plate appearances (starting in the eighth inning), the only batter who reached base was on catcher's interference.

27

37

29

34.2

32.4

32.8

.545

.565

32.3%

35.1%

67.4%

-2.4%

-4.7%

Derek Jeter has been cleared for baseball activities, so he made a poster of his favorite baseball player using magic markers and elbow macaroni.

28

40

27

40.4

40.4

39.7

.577

.557

27.5%

59.7%

87.2%

-2.6%

0.1%

Against his first major league batter, Curtis Partch allowed a grand slam. Two appearances later he allowed two baserunners in four innings. He improved.

29

35

31

35.0

36.8

38.0

.539

.558

12.2%

25.5%

37.6%

-6.8%

-2.2%

Jeremy Hellickson has given up eight runs in two different starts this year, and is 1-1 in such games.

30

39

27

34.7

32.6

33.6

.518

.498

7.5%

49.8%

57.3%

-7.1%

9.9%

Zero runs in a game is bad, but 20 in a three-game series is pretty nifty.

If I understand correctly, Adjusted Hit List Factor is a combination of actual record, W1, W2, and W3, then adjusted for league. How is it possible that the A's and Rangers are in the same league and the A's are better in *all four* categories and are still lower on the Hit List.

As explained in a previous Hit List the first half of the season also has a "Preseason Prediction" factor to offset the small sample size. Based on their rosters, the A's weren't expected to perform as well as the Rangers when the season started.